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Maurya Kumpatla
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Maurya Kumpatla
@TheFlarescreen
@UTKnoxville Data Science and Statistics | Neural Nets Substack | @SwishTheory
Memphis, TN Присоединился Şubat 2021
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Decided to write about one of the more underdiscussed guards in the class for my debut with the collective. Ya’ll make sure to tap in!
The Hardwood Collective@thehwcollectlve
In his Hardware Collective debut, @slipthescreen makes the case that Bennet Stirtz's outlier 2-PT efficiency relative to his team's pace bodes extremely well for his interior scoring translation, and is a stealthy indicator of hidden upside. thehardwoodcollective.com/articles/stirt…
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It was a pleasure to join Finn on The DB for my first podcast in years. Check out our final thoughts on this year's very interesting class of bigs.
TheDoubleBonus@DoubleBonus_BB
Finn (@FinnDraft) is joined by Maurya (@TheFlarescreen) to give their final scouting reports on all of the best bigs in the 2026 NBA Draft. Hear their thoughts on all the bigs mocked in the first round, including Aday Mara, Morez Johnson, Hannes Steinbach, JQ, Tarris Reed, and more. Links to all platforms+the new YouTube channel are down below 👇:
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Finn (@FinnDraft) is joined by Maurya (@TheFlarescreen) to give their final scouting reports on all of the best bigs in the 2026 NBA Draft. Hear their thoughts on all the bigs mocked in the first round, including Aday Mara, Morez Johnson, Hannes Steinbach, JQ, Tarris Reed, and more. Links to all platforms+the new YouTube channel are down below 👇:
TheDoubleBonus@DoubleBonus_BB
Finn (@FinnDraft) and Nile (@NileHoops) are joined by Jonah (@Huncho_Jman) to discuss potential fits for the Timberwolves’ 28th pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. Hear their thoughts on what has held the Wolves back from reaching their top-end outcome, and best prospect fits for the Wolves in the late first/second round, and potential trade targets heading into the offseason.
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Special shoutouts to @DraftPow for putting this together and @chisportsross for the beautiful design as always
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So much effort from so many tremendously talented people went into, what I believe to be, the best big board Swish has put together. Please check this out.
I wrote the low write-up on Dailyn Swain, for those interested.
Swish Theory@SwishTheory
Swish Theory's consensus Top 60 for the 2026 NBA Draft. Our most robust Big Board ever. High/low scouting reports, disagreement levels, videos, customized filter and sort options, card exports, and more. 🔗: 2026.nbadraft.guide
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2026 NBA Draft Notebook
-Notes on philosophy + how I rank/value prospects
-30 scouting reports with rankings + tiers
-Offensive and defensive roles defined
-Strengths + swing skills/questions for each prospect
-Months of work condensed into 1 document
medium.com/p/2026-nba-dra…
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Aight
My top 60 players + their scouting reports are live now at jbbhoops.github.io/jbbhoops26draf…
I'm sure everyone already has tonnes of draft stuff bookmarked to parse through (as I certainly do); but any feedback if you read a couple of scouting reports would be greatly appreciated
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Board Day is here! I wrote many words on my 2026 Draft. Includes:
- Notes of where I went wrong (process wise) last year
- Concise look at my philosophy
- Quickfire thoughts on each prospect in top 30, then longer analysis underneath.
Hope you enjoy!
joehulbertnba561257.substack.com/p/2026-nba-dra…
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Who was the best prospect left out of the NBA Combine?
13 members of Swish Theory's draft team answer that question, highlighting their favorite underrated players.
Read below! ⬇️
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Those tapped into the combine could've easily foreseen this level of speed. Below are the 7'4"+ WS leaders in my size-adjusted agility metric (avg z-score of the 3 speed tests after regressing on height and mass). Edey is 2nd among players w/all 3 tests.
Tarris Reed Jr. is 1st.
Maurya Kumpatla@TheFlarescreen
Edey’s ability to accelerate in transition to create deep seals and cross-matches is insane. One of the best athletes in basketball history.
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Edey’s ability to accelerate in transition to create deep seals and cross-matches is insane. One of the best athletes in basketball history.
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@EnigmaReverse @Teamworks Congrats! Sad to see your public work go but excited to see what you do with them
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Happy to announce I've accepted a Data Scientist role at @Teamworks . Building metrics and models on top of tracking and pose data for NBA teams. Excited to see where this goes.
Grateful to everyone I've learned from and connected with along the way.
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@PenguinHoops If the guy shooting is drawing the opponent's best offensive rebounder then he gets some credit.
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Stop me if this is crazy but I think the offensive rebounder is the one creating most of the positive value on a offensive rebound, not the guy who bricked
The NBA Realist@nbarealist23
"THE KOBE ASSIST". In 2012, Kirk Goldsberry unveiled a unique statistical phenomenon where 15% of Kobe Bryant's missed shots led directly to points. Kobe's perimeter gravity was so immense that his heavily contested shots regularly drew double and triple teams, leaving opposing defenses completely out of position to box out. In many instances, Kobe would deliberately attack a defense knowing his trailing big men possessed the rebounding advantage. Goldsberry calculated that Kobe's team scored off 15% of his misses, meaning that a league leading 54% of his total shot attempts resulted in points. Kobe Bryant didn't care about FG%. Kobe Bryant cared about WINNING.
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The x-axis should be titled Pullup 3PT eFG%***, not Pullup 3PT%
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This research lays foundation to prove the shooting-cognition link.
45° is the optimal jumpshot arc for %. Yet there are elite shooters with outlier slow jumpshots and/or small size that use ≥48-degree arcs to compensate. Avg arc:
- Hali: 49.8
- FVV: 48.4
How? Cognition.
Noah Basketball@noahbasketball
We have tracked hundreds of millions of shots and cracked the equation revealing the perfect metrics of a shot! On each shot we measured the arc, depth, and left/right positioning and our research shows that 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟰𝟱°
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@klaytheist11 I’m very sorry you have to go through this Charlie. I hope the appeal resolves soon
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An insurance company is trying to kill my life partner. Felt it was appropriate to write down the rage I feel
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@stocksreaves He can prob raise his PNR 3PR when an advantage is present (defender gets screened/goes under), but I think his inability to cleanly access shooting pockets OTD w/o an advantage limits his overall 3PR.
There's a quickness and COD needed for small BHs to 3PT chuck he's without.
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@TheFlarescreen How does Bruce Thornton fit in here given his elite A/TO, the pull-up shooting talent, and the sub-40 3Pr?
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Credit to @slipthescreen for initially putting Okorie's 3PR priors on my radar
@_prezidente did a good job expanding on AJ's shot limitations that hindered his NCAA 3PR relative to his pre-NBA 3PR, issues likely to persist in the NBA. Not enough cognition to outlier 3PR dev IMO.
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